For a final push, however, Weinstein reached out to former Obama for America 2012 campaign manager Stephanie Cutter, Vulture reported on Monday.

According to Vulture, Cutter was hired to promote the film "not just as a well-made movie, but a culturally relevant and especially politically significant film that was shaping the national conversation about mental health triggered in part by the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut."

In the weeks leading up to the Oscars, Cutter tweeted a link to the making of "Silver Linings Playbook" and aSalon article asking whether "Silver Linings Playbook" could steal the top spot from "Argo."

Weinstein also "sought the advice" of other major Democrats, a Weinstein Company spokeswoman told Vulture:

“When it was clear that Silver Linings Playbook's treatment of mental health issues was becoming a topic in the advocacy community and political circle, Harvey Weinstein sought the advice of a number of friends with experience in those areas, including former Senator Chris Dodd, Senators Chuck Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand, and Stephanie Cutter, who he knows from his work as a supporter of President Obama.”